--- title: "Grafana Report Script: Generate PDF Reports via REST API (Python + curl)" url: https://daily.dev/posts/grafana-report-script-generate-pdf-reports-via-rest-api-python-curl--i6wm93aig source_url: https://www.skedler.com/blog/grafana-report-script type: article source: "Skedler" published: 2026-06-09T11:16:04.707Z updated: 2026-06-18T02:15:12.905Z tags: ["grafana", "python", "rest-api"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Grafana Report Script: Generate PDF Reports via REST API (Python + curl) **[Skedler](https://daily.dev/sources/skedler)** · 9 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grafana OSS lacks native PDF reporting, forcing teams to maintain a fragile DIY pipeline involving grafana-image-renderer, PNG stitching, cron, and SMTP. This post presents an alternative: a single POST request to Skedler's REST API that handles rendering, layout, and delivery server-side. Both curl and Python script examples are provided. The post covers how to find required credentials (token, account ID, report ID), best practices for secret management, and how to handle multi-tenant per-client filtered reports using Skedler's filter API. It also outlines when building your own pipeline makes sense versus using a managed reporting layer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to Export PDF Reports from Grafana OSS in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-export-pdf-reports-from-grafana-oss-in-2026-mtpwdfa5n) · Skedler · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Automate Grafana Reports and Deliver Them to Stakeholders Without a Grafana Enterprise License \(2026 Guide\)](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-automate-grafana-reports-and-deliver-them-to-stakeholders-without-a-grafana-enterprise-licens-h3bosiioz) · Skedler · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Grafana Image Renderer Errors: Why They Keep Coming Back and How to Stop the Cycle](https://daily.dev/posts/grafana-image-renderer-errors-why-they-keep-coming-back-and-how-to-stop-the-cycle-tb4yy4jru) · Skedler · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#grafana](https://daily.dev/tags/grafana), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/grafana-report-script-generate-pdf-reports-via-rest-api-python-curl--i6wm93aig)